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USGS us7000i9su

21 Sept 2022, 08:06

172 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 172 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-19.050100, 167.426800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000i9su
Coordinates
-19.0501, 167.4268
Network
us
Significance
385